Deng: Mao was about 80% good, 20% bad. I don’t think I need to list Deng’s mistakes. Or mention Hu Jintao.
The USSR beat the Nazis, turned hundreds of millions of farmers living under feudalism into a space-faring civilization with living standards comparable to the west within a single lifetime, and materially supported positive social movements all over the planet, but if you want to talk about any particular period, I can talk about things that in hindsight weren’t great, even with proper context.
Soviet union and mao were good
Khmer rogue was backed by CIA
Deng: Mao was about 80% good, 20% bad. I don’t think I need to list Deng’s mistakes. Or mention Hu Jintao.
The USSR beat the Nazis, turned hundreds of millions of farmers living under feudalism into a space-faring civilization with living standards comparable to the west within a single lifetime, and materially supported positive social movements all over the planet, but if you want to talk about any particular period, I can talk about things that in hindsight weren’t great, even with proper context.